Movie Description:
Born into a miserable workhouse orphanage, Oliver eventually flees to London, where the cheerful Artful Dodgerimmediately befriends him and introduceshim to the villainous Fagin andhis gangof thieves. Temporarilyrescued from theprospect of a life of crime by the kindly Mr. Brownlow, Oliver findshimself pursued by savage thiefBill Sikes and the enigmaticMonks. Though heis beset by theevils of the dark criminal underworld surrounding him,Dickens once wrote, "I wished to show, in little Oliver, the principle of good surviving through every adverse circumstance, and triumphing at last."